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Asked why he is not on the list, the white house deflecting today. again, certainly, we would look at those if we deemed it necessary and we ll keep you posted if the list is updated. reporter: the president s statement on clearances dated july 26th, nearly three weeks ago. but it was just announced today as the white house struggles to defend itself from a crisis of its own making. the fallout of omarosa s tell-all book. the president remaining behind closed doors today as he lashed out at the special counsel on twitter. calling the investigation a rigged russian witch hunt with no credibility. that as his lawyer rudy giuliani argues the facts are up to them. eye of the beholder? no. facts are not in the eye of the beholder. they are. now, john brennan responded, jim, saying he believes this is directly tied to the criticism of president trump. he said it won t deter him going ....
Official with access to highly sensitive information to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations, wild outburst tons internet and television about this administration. reporter: the white house unable to cite any evidence brennan misused the intelligence access or monetized his proximity to it. asked if this is tied to his criticism of trump, sarah sanders said this. not at all. the president has constitutional responsibility to protect classified information and who has access to it. reporter: yet the white house is also reviewing clearances for nine other democratic officials who have criticized the president. including james clapper, james comey, michael hayden, sally yates, susan rice, andrew mccabe, peter strzok, lisa page and bruce ohr. reporter: one name not on the list, former national security adviser mike flynn pleading guilty to lying to the fbi of communications with russian officials yet the president never revoked his clearance. ....
Insight of a clapper, hayden, brennan. those that were there when we captured bin laden. both bushes and reagan and obama. this is an incredible amount of really important insight into how the world works. we instead got donald trump with very little insight leading this. is this an enemy s list on par with nixon s? sure looks like nixon s. out there. i mean, nixon s hidden until the tapes, i think. you have the press secretary reading the list on national television. yes, exactly. it s funny how often in these situations not something that s whispered in a corridor but something that s writ large in the public. of course, this comes as this white house is facing troubles. it has a former aide now accusing the president of using horrible racial epitaphs, claiming a tape. it may not be true but still it s a controversy that this white house clearly does not like. do you see through this as a transparent attempt just to find, turn the page? ....
Him. it makes him furious and makes him eager to exact revenge. reporter: cnn is told a lot of white house signers are no longer signing nondisclosure agreement agreements. people close to the white house telling cnn they re largely seen now as unenforceable. jim? brian todd, thank you very much. breaking news, president trump launching an unprecedented attack on a critic, revoking security clearance for john brennan, threatening other former senior national security officials with the same punishment. does the president now have an enemy s list? this is not a bed. it s a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999, intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts. ....
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